The methods of determining axillary metastasis of breast cancer mainly include physical examination, imaging examination and pathological biopsy.
1. Physical examination: mainly through breast surgeon’s palpation of axillary lymph nodes, according to its size, texture and other conditions to determine whether there is metastasis initially.
2. Imaging examination: the more common ones are color ultrasound, CT, MRI, etc., which can detect the metastasis of the tumor in time by examining the axilla and the neck, and the metastatic lesions with small size can also be detected in time.
3. Pathological biopsy: Pathological biopsy of axillary lymph nodes cut by surgery can effectively determine the metastasis in the axilla and other parts of the body and provide targeted treatment.